List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malaysia
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Seat | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Inaugural holder | Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head |
Formation | 1963 |
Website | www |
The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Malaysia is the head of United Kingdom's diplomatic mission to Malaysia. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is based in the High Commission of the United Kingdom, Kuala Lumpur.
Prior to its separation and independence from the British Empire in 1957, Malaya was ruled by governors also termed "High Commissioners".
List of heads of mission[]
High Commissioner to Malaya[]
- 1957–1963: Sir Geofroy Tory KCMG[1]
High Commissioners to Malaysia[]
- 1963–1966: Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head GCMG CBE MC [1]
- 1966–1971: Sir Michael Walker GCMG [1]
- 1971–1974: Sir John Johnston GCMG KCVO [1]
- 1974–1977: KCMG [1]
- 1977–1981: Sir Donald Hawley KCMG MBE [1]
- 1981–1983: KCMG [1]
- 1983–1986: David Gillmore[1]
- 1986–1992: CMG [1]
- 1992–1994: CMG [1]
- 1994–1998: Sir David Moss KCVO CMG [1]
- 1998–2001: Sir Graham Fry KCMG [1]
- 2001–2006: CMG [1][2]
- 2006–2010: Boyd McCleary CMG CVO [1][2]
- 2010–2014: Simon Featherstone[1][3]
- 2014-2019: Victoria Treadell CMG MVO [4]
- 2019–present: Charles Hay MVO [5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Colin Mackie. "Malaysia" (PDF). BRITISH AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS: 1880-2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b FCO (2 February 2006). "Change of British High Commissioner to Malaysia". Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ FCO (6 April 2010). "Change of British High Commissioner to Malaysia". Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ Foreign & Commonwealth Office (25 June 2014). "Change of High Commissioner to Malaysia".
- ^ Foreign & Commonwealth Office (8 November 2018). "Change of British High Commissioner to Malaysia in April 2019".
External links[]
- UK and Malaysia, gov.uk
Categories:
- Lists of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom
- High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malaysia
- Malaysia diplomacy-related lists
- Malaysia and the Commonwealth of Nations
- United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations
- Lists of ambassadors to Malaysia